Philadelphia Eagles fans have had decades to prepare for their team coming home as Super Bowl champions, and when the day arrived, they didn’t want to be late.
Fans packed trains, walked across the Ben Franklin Bridge, and filled subway stops to get in position hours before the 11 a.m. parade started. The region’s public transportation systems seemed up to the task of moving all those people, with lines being reported, but rides moving along steadily as fans sang and chanted their way toward the parade route.
All week SEPTA had been encouraging parade goers to rely on the Market-Frankford and Broad Street lines, which can together carry up to 65,000 people at a time, and while those routes were busy, riders reported service moved along efficiently.